Windows 7 outgains Windows 8 in market share again, Windows XP still above 27%

Re:Windows 7 outgains Windows 8 in market share again, Windo... by bambax on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @07:05PM (#7512401)

But why would you want apps running fullscreen? Why would you want that at the exclusion of every other option??

Sure, we're often fullscreen, but for many tasks being able to have multiple windows (hint!) on the screen is really helpful.

W8 takes this away and doesn't give anything in return.

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Re:Windows 7 outgains Windows 8 in market share again, Windo... by bane on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @09:10PM (#7512930)

I'm guessing you're probably on OS X where multiple windows per app is normal. But it's odd in Windows and most apps are designed not to have lots of little windows floating all over the place. As a result, most people on Windows maximize their applications.

It's not quite full-screening, and Microsoft made a mistake with that, but it is a notable different in the two environments.

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